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Handhelds make a comeback
News Hewlett-Packard was one of the main beneficiaries of stronger corporate sales, and consolidated its position as the leader in data-centric handhelds with 32.9 percent of the European market, according to Canalys' research.
[January 26, 2004, 15:05]
Handhelds: More social, less secure
News In 2003, there will be almost 19 million handhelds sold and 13 million smart phones sold worldwide, according to market research IDC. Handhelds -- including the Palm, those based on Microsoft's PocketPC platform, and many smart phones -- don't have...
[August 30, 2000, 13:26]
Handhelds are the new targets for viruses
News At present, however, only a handful of digital viruses have targeted handhelds. Symantec has heralded handhelds as "increasingly at risk" and plans to release its own protection for Palms later this month.
[March 20, 2001, 9:29]
Handhelds for your business review
Reviews Some models look like handhelds with phone functionality (examples include the Orange SPV M1000, Handspring, PalmOne and Sony, are the primary players for Palm OS-based handhelds; Dell, HP and Toshiba all offer Pocket PCs.
[May 6, 2004, 8:45]
Handhelds with built-in phones review
Reviews Smartphones may be today’s 'hot' mobile technology category, but convergence devices have been around for some time in the shape of Pocket PC and Palm OS handhelds that incorporate a mobile phone -- nowadays typically a GPRS unit.
[October 28, 2002, 9:46]
Palm sells 5000 Zire handhelds every day
News The Zire is a $99 low-end device, which comes with 2MB of memory -- typical for entry-level Palm handhelds -- a black-and-white screen and a rechargeable battery. Palm said on Monday that sales of its entry-level Zire product have exceeded the 1...
[May 28, 2003, 12:58]
Fold-out handhelds on horizon
News New designs for dual-screen PDAs could stimulate the increasingly moribund market for handhelds. One of the most common complaints about PDAs is their limited screen size. Most offer a display of 5 by 3 inches or less -- an inevitable restriction...
[October 31, 2003, 8:40]
No killer-app means death to handhelds
News Worldwide shipments of handhelds fell significantly in the first quarter as demand in the business and consumer markets cooled despite new devices and lower prices, according to a new report. And so far, handhelds aren't there," IDC analyst Alex...
[April 24, 2003, 9:53]
Handhelds connect with USB On-the-Go
News Currently, most handhelds and other gadgets use standard USB, which means that in order to download files, PDAs, cameras or portable drives have to be plugged into a PC. A new technology that allows handheld devices to share files directly, without...
[September 30, 2002, 13:23]
Palm OS 4.0, new handhelds due at CeBIT
News However, that figure represents a slight uptick in market share for handhelds using Microsoft's Pocket PC when compared with December figures. Handheld computer maker Palm will introduce its next operating system, Palm OS 4, at the CeBIT computer...
[March 9, 2001, 9:48]
Handspring wireless handhelds to launch on Monday
News Since the spring, Handspring has been locked in a bruising price war with Palm amid weaker demand for handhelds that were flying off the shelves a year ago. The first effort was the VisorPhone, an add-on module to create cell phone capabilities to...
[October 12, 2001, 12:12]
Sony moves handhelds into the living room
News The company has boosted the reach of the Clie's infrared port -- usually used to exchange data with other handhelds -- to 15 feet and added software support for remote control of products from about 20 consumer electronics manufacturers.
[October 22, 2001, 8:56]
Palm unveils new colour handhelds
News In a move aimed to show it still has a bright future, Palm on Monday announced two new colour handhelds. Both handhelds are available in the UK immediately. Palm also announced the European availability of the Palm OS 4.1 software upgrade for Palm...
[March 4, 2002, 10:19]
New report should help police get to evidence hidden in handhelds
News Handhelds are likelier to lead to handcuffs for techie criminals following the release of a report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The report details software tools to aid in the extraction of data from handhelds.
[September 30, 2004, 12:15]
Palm launches new handhelds
News Palm will begin pitching three new handhelds on Wednesday as it looks to expand its audience while pleasing its loyal enthusiast crowd. The £329 Tungsten T3 comes with an Intel 400MHz XScale chip for handhelds, 64MB of memory, Bluetooth...
[October 1, 2003, 10:50]
Intel to launch processor for handhelds
News Intel's current XScale-based PXA processors for handhelds top out at around 400MHz. However, the new chips will differ in megahertz and component integration from the current XScale PXA family of processors for handhelds, said sources.
[February 19, 2003, 8:56]
Handhelds notch up better quarter
News Worldwide shipments of handhelds grew in the third quarter, bucking a recent trend, but total shipments for the year are expected to finish well below 2002 levels, according to a research report from IDC.
[October 28, 2003, 8:30]
The Business Case for RFID Handhelds - Best Practices, Applications & Form Factors
White Papers RFID handhelds provide distinct data capture capabilities when used in handheld-only deployments or as part of a fixed reader network. This webcast discusses the performance selection criteria, preferred RFID applications and real-world operational...
[September 25, 2009, 2:10]
PrintBoy 7 Premium Edition for Palm OS handhelds
Downloads updated November 15, 2006) Full Documents To Go 9.0 support for native Word (.doc)Print directly from within Documents To Go using Documents To Go "Print" menu and button New support for printing native Acrobat (.pdf) documentsPrint documents...
[June 25, 2002, 8:00]
Dell handhelds will be out by Christmas
News According to a report in Taiwan's DigiTimes, Dell has placed an order with Wistron to manufacture 1.1 million handhelds, slated for launch by Christmas. Taiwanese contract manufacturer Wistron has reportedly won a deal to produce personal digital...
[August 1, 2002, 15:06]
